The Sun. — London, England, 1808-01-26 00:00:00

UNITED STATES. .: ~; EXTRACT OF ANCTHRL LETTiR, fir.(ruts, Su peon of the Chesapeake, arrived at Washington yesterday from France, .and is the bearer of Dispatches from Mr. ARMSTRONG, our .<-. Minister at that Court—he reports, that in a i conver'- sation between the Emperor NApoLcoN and Mi. Anivis.ittotcc; which took place in his presence, the EMperor remarked, " that any Country in w,hio a British Minister was permitted to reside; would La considered the Enemy of France." EMBARGO. WASHINGTON,DEC.22.—Congre3s thisday passed the following Aa. Having received the sanCtion of ,the President so late 'as two P.M. we can only fur ther ad 4,, that itTassed in consequence of a message from the President —in the Senate, Yeas 252 Nays a; and in the House of Representatives, Yeas 82—Nays 44. AN ACT LAYING AN EMBARGO ON ALL SIIInAND VESSELS IN THE PORTS AND HARBOURS OULTHE Be it ena&ed by the Senate and House of Re , presentatives of the:tnited States of America, in congress asserfiblef.); That an Embargo be and here. : by is laid on all ships and Vessels in the ports and places within the limits or jurisdielion of the United States, cleared or not cleared, bound to any and that no clear ance be furnished to any Ship or Vessel bound to such foreign port or place, except Vessels un der the immediate dire Lion of the President, of: ihit United States : and that the. President_ be 'Authorised to give such instructions to .the Qfficers of the Revenue, and of the Navy and Revenue Cut ters of the United States, as shall appear best . :advt ed for carrying thesame into fulll effeEt. Pacqpgp,, 'That nothing herein. contained shall be constru4 . .to . prevent the departure of any foreign Ship or Vefsel,. either in.ballast, or with the goods; War©s and mer chandize on board of such foreign Ship or Vessel, whennotified of this Act. Sgt. 2. And be. k further enacled, That (luring the continuance of this iket, no regiStereci or sea letter Vessel, having on - board goods, wares, and merchandize, shall be allowed to depart from one port of the United States to another within the , , same, unless . the Master, Owner, Consignee, or Fac tor of such Vessel, shall , first give bond with one or more sureties to. the Colleetor of the District from which she is bound to depart in a sum Of double the' value of the Vessel and cargo,; that the said goods, wares, and r - 7'rchandize, shall be relanded in 'some port of the United States, dangers of the seas `excepted ; which bond, and also a certificate from the Colledor where the same may be relanded, shall, by the polledors respeaively, be transmitted to the . • Secretary of the Treasury. All Armed Vessels pos tessing public commissions from any Foreign Power, are not to be considered us liable to the Embargo laid‘ by this Ad. • New YORK, DEC. 25.-- . -The following. Letter brings intelligence two hours after the closing of the Mail on Monday evening. We know - biith the Writer and receiver, and have no hesitation -in rig its contents may be implicitly' relied (E. Post.) llupre de Grace, Dec. 22, 1 807% I have but a moment to say that Congress was still in cOnClave last evening, when I left Washing ton (nine o'clock, P. M.). Nothing positive—had transpired, but the universal belief was that there.' would be a General Embargo. Do not, be surpriz• ed if by the next Mail orders should be received at New York,' preventing ail Vessels from going to . - sea. I say this in the hope it may prove of service to some of your mercantile . friends. • I was yesterday at one of the Public Offices, and there heard one of the Heads of the Department say, in terms, that he considered war inevitable, but it was yet uncertain whether it would be with:Eng land or with France and Spain. MUNRO' E reached Washington last evening at half past eight o'clock.' " Washington, Dec. 21, 1807. " I wrote you the 19th inst. since which little has transpired. The present Bill before Congress, which has been dismissed these three days past, ha s not been determined as yet. It appears that Mr. MUNROE'S Dispatches represent an accommodation with Great Britain as improbable 5 he is expeaed Here this evening. The anxiety hen is very great, and the friends of the Government all declare that theyeensider War inevitable. If to-morrow offers any thing I shall write you again." EXTRACT OF ANOTHER LETTER LEOS! A MEMBER OP CONGRESi. " Monday Evening, eight o'clock. "'the Dispatches by the Revenge have, I assure you, given a very serious aspen indeed to our affairs with Franee. " it is not in my power to disclose the business cif the closed doors. One thing, however, r venture to say with confidence, which is, that it 1}414 itovi be came a getierol opinion hero that our affairs :DIA England may lie anti ally settle4"ko eltlire faCtion," &c. Another Letter says--" So. general is tl,e belief that an Embargo will be laid, that all the Shipping at Alexandria have cleared out and dropped down the river." A Letter received in Philadelphia, dated at Wash ington, on Sunday, says, « that while sitting with closed doors we received a Bill from the Senate, laying an EtlllAltGl3 on our Vessels, that is, all the Ships of the United States ; which, after being read twice, was sent back to the'Senate, with a ' few Amendments." The Writer then adds, he makes no doubt that it would be passed that day or the next. Arrived the British Packet No ion, MATHER, 43 dovi from Falmouth, via Bermuda. Sir JOHN Boa- LASE WARREN had not arrived at Bermuda when 'the Packet sailed. New-Yonx, DEC. 28.—Capt. MEAGHER, in 22 dam from Antigua, informs, that a few days pre iious to his-sailing a Fleet of about 10 Sail of British Shipsitt war passed Antigua for St. Croix and St. Thottas, for the purpose it was supposed, of taking thoseislan,ls. We have been favoured; says the Philadelphia Gazet4e, with the perusal of several letters from Gentlemen of undoubted information and veracity, dated Decacriber 22, upon which we feel fully au thorised to state: I, That the Measure of an EinbargO was reCom 1,,./pewAed ,to Congress by the President in a confi • dential message accompanied ,by a communication of litroNApAu.res bloCkading Decree, and an an kiwer"froin REGNIEft, the Minister of Justice, to ,some..•questions respe&ing the operation of that Decree. Not a word is said. to hay . e been communicated relative to Mr. ARMSTRONG'S advice to the GOvern- , merit. The measure was hurried through the House with an, unusual spirit of eagerneis and'acri mony, at the very moment when Mr. MuNnoc was hourly -expeaed, Its advocates represent it as a measure of coercion against Great Britain. It was Opposed by Messrs. RANDOLPH, DANA, LIVER• MQRE, QUINCEY, ROWAN, GOLDSBOBOUGH, KELLY and others, on the-ground that it was a slavish sub mission, to the mandates ,of the French Emperor. It however passed, 82 to 44. '• Mr. GAtinTitt is said to have .declared, that in his opiniori, it is preparatory to a&ive War mea sures against England. EMBARGO. . . It is a happy consideration also attending this measure (says the Notional, lizielligincer) that al 'thot*h it will have effects, salutary it may be holied, on the: policy of the great contending Nations, it affords neither of them the-Slightest ground for com_ plaint. 'The Embargo violftes the rights of none. , itsObjeel .to secure ourselves. It is a measure of precaution, not of aggression. It is resorted to by. all Ndtious, when their great interests require it. . . All of Ahem have made us on different occa sions feel the effeas of such a resort on our com mercial interests. - And it could be the less mur .mured at by those' who may be . incidentally af ,fe4te4 by the present embargo, inasmuch, as they have: forced us into the measure, by the direl ef feet on us of measures founded in in alleged re gard for their own eventual safety and essential in terests. But may not the embargo bring on war from some of the nations affected by it ? Certainly not; if war be not predetermined on against us. Being a Measure of peace and precaution ; being •universal, and therefo:e impartial ; 'extending in reality as well as Ostensibly to all nations ; there is not a shadow of pretext to make it a cause of war. War, therefore, let 'it be repeated, cannot be the result ; unless it be in pursiiance of a predetermined plan of hostility against this Country. GOrI'ENBURGH MAILS. ST.' PETEMBURGET, Dsc. 15.-A number of hnglish Merchants yet remain here, who have not been able to obtain passports for their departure.— They have still possession of their Counting-houses, and are winding up their accounts with the Rus sians ; but the Warehouses are sealed, and their Goods sequestrated. .1-litstNotwaGH, JAN. 5.-A Danish Minister arrived here afew days ago from Copenfiagen, and immediately set of: for Stockholm. The nature of his mission has not transpired. A considerable body of troops (u,000) have entered Zealand from Hol' stein,,.&c. and a great many Gunboats are getting in readiness in the harbours. GPTIIiNBURGII, JAN. 8. Account s have been received here to-day, that a Danish 64 Gun-ship, and two smaller, Vessels, are cruizing off this Port ) it is thought they are come with the intention of in tercepting a Convoy for England, which has been ready to sail. PROM THE FR WCII •PAPERS: NAVAL I: l oATSmaylii s jAN. 25.—A rrived the _Crake Schooner, Lieut. CAMERON, from Plymouth. Also the Susannah, Thomas, from Waterford ; Union, Brown, from Dublin ; Endeavour, Starling; and Ann, Long, from Sunderland ;' Industry, Davies, from Cardiff ; Vestal, Fitzgerald, from Durigarvon ; Maria, Norcott, from Bristol ; Hope, Cleaver, from Chepstow ; I.obbett, from Bideford ; Maria Catherina, -; Taunton, Clark ;' A Dal: ; and Unity, Monday, from London i the Thomas, Fisher; and Elizabeth, Ares, from Limerick ; and Union, WhitbUtn, from Sunderland, &ilea the Resistance Frigate, Capt. ADAM, on a cruize; and the Amazort, THOMPSON ; and Hope, HAtLYER, from Cardiff. Came into Harbour last Saturday the Sulatie Frigate, and Proteior Gun-brig. FALMOUTH, JAN. 23.—Arrived the Lady Arabella Packet, Captain WATtusS, from New 7 YOrk, with Dispatches; the American Brig Virginia, GoRDON . , from Virginia for Nantz, laden with tobacco and* cotton, warned in; and her papers endorsed by the Emerald Frigate on the 15th inst. His Majesty's Ships Araphia n and Panlina, with the Fleet for the Mediterranean, have put into this Port by - adverse yvindi. Sailed .the bisolent I with a Fleet of Coasteis, to the East.waid. BARBADOES, DEC. 5.--=-His Majesty's Brig Curieux arrived yesterday iu Carlisle Bay r announciug, by the half-hoist of her colours, the death of her Captain. The Carieux, Capt. SuothrsFF, cruizing to windward of the Island, on the 2d inst. learned that a Vrench Privateer Ship was to the northward of him, and instantly shaped his-course so as to fall in with her. The next day he discovered her. The enet Y ny, is supposed aboUt the same time to have disco Verve the Curieux, for he soon after bore up, and set mote.: sail, which induced the Curieux occasionally to edge off the wind, to bring them soon up with each other. At two P. M. they came into action.' A very heavy cannonade was kept up on both sides for more than ati hour, when the Curieux,, having advanced a little a-head, and become un manageable, frorn her tiller ropes, ,bow-lines,. and braces being shot away, the Enemy took advantage; of the occasion, and running down on her, attempt ed to board on the starboard quarter. In bravely repulsing this effort, which the Enemy made with a great number of men, Capt. SUMMIT received u , wound, and several of his crew were killed. Such, however, was the warm reception given the Enemy, that he immediately fell oil; Captain SUMMIT at the same time receiving another, and chat a mortal wound. Lieutenant Meta, on whom the command now devolved, continued the cola& with equal spirit ; and the Enemy again attempting to' throw a num ber of men .on board, owas driven back with such slaughter as discouraged any other attempt, and compelled him to give up the contest. The Cu iieux, being much disabled, had no chance of bring ing the Enemy again to a6tion, who now bare away. The loss of alto Enemy tnust undoubtedly be con ! . siderable ; that on our part, we lament, has also been great ; besides Capt. SHIRII . LIF, whose Manly heart was fraught with every generous and heroic quality, eight, seamen were 'killed, and twelve wounded. LieuL MUIR was also slightly wounded ; and Mr. TIIMPLt:TON, boatswain, dangerously. THE LEEDS P&;ICE-MEETING TO THE EDITOR, OF THE SUN. Indignant at the gross misrepresentltion which has been used to give u colour of respe6lability to the Meeting held here on the 19th instant, for the pur pose of'petitioning the King for Peace, I feel impe riously called upon to wrest my Town and Towns men. from the contempt -under which they must necessarily tali in the consideration of every loyal and thinking man, should it icniain uneentradided, bz publishing a faithful account of the transaolions tit that day. Fot the veracity of my statement I stand publicly pledged. The Meeting Was composed of certainly not more Than 2000 people (half of whom, I hesitate not to say, do not pay the King's Taxes), including those whO mingled in the motley crowd from motives of curiosity and observation. This number has been strangely exaggerated to from. 8000 to 11,006. Much to the credit of the Clothiers, very . few Mas ter Clothiers attended : they were chiefly journey menand apprentices, and ,the very lowest'. of, the• occupation. The Chairman was an illiterate, unin formed man ; his adherents on .the hustings were of the lowest consideration. Every Resolution was carried without a dissenting voice; even the indecent Motion of presenting .Mr. WILISIMWMCE with a flannel witisecout ;. for every person Who left any consideration for chatadter had too much reverence for himself to be ranked amongst their opponents, or to hold the most remote con cern with snch a rabble. CASSEL, JA N. 7.:-.--Thtt 'llla,'fitzur an.; *flounces the division of tl, L*lo,ll of We,tpha lia into eight Departments; 1. That of the Llhe.; containing a poputlatiOn or 253,000 souk. 2. That of the Fulda, part of Paderborn, with a population of 289,502 inhabitants. 3. That of the Harz. with, a population of 210,989 souk. 4. That of the Seine, with a population of 1.4.5,537 souk. s 5 . That of the Ooker, with a popui,,rion of 2137,878 souk. ti. That of the Saale,•with a. populating of '..%or.i.ufig souls ; :7. Thnt of the Werra, with a population of 8, 11 at of the Weser, with po pul.ition of 3 3 45 . 00 Souk 4.--H is hiajecty• has ad dresiti ti.e tO,lowing letter to all the Bishdps in 'lns " Ii is, a received usage among ail Chritian Princes, when prosperous events happen, to return sole* thanks to that God by wirom they pace atnong" the number` of ,prosperous evetlts my arrival in thti4U.Pates; and I snake no doubt that all my subje do thesanie, when they comi derthe advantages which MUM. accrue Co theio nom runian in a great political body, and when they at tend to all my. endeaVours Jo lighten their particular Josses, which Must he inevitable in the. case of a new Organization, , and my' indaitigable .4.1 for thehappiness of my people ; I reque s t you, in cots sequence, by this present, to cause a Te Doom tg be sung on Sunday, the 17th of Jannuary, in your Cathedral Church, which you will be prescnt, with all the Civil Alulioftties, :Ina to imlite all atm,: who .are_accuatonted u be present at 1) for ; you will .also givc,ortsers - ; that Te Deuin shall be ht.rog on the Sunday following iti all the Churches ,•! your diocese. 14tray . Goil to have you in his holy keep ing. • " Jzaumg." • BELGRADE, DEC. 24.—The Greek Bishop, who lately arrived here ft'oin Cothiatitinople, Ws declared to the Scryiatt Synod (or Setutte), that the neW..Eni-: peror I\ , IUSTAPHA W. ardently desired to conclude peacewith the Servians, and that he was disposed to consent to their demands, provided they would ac. inowledge Iris Sovereignty, and send beputies to Constantinople to conclude a definitive arrange.; meet, - The President CAERriI Gcottoc replied in the nave 9f the Senate, that this offer came too late; that . the Servian Nation ; cocild not.negotiata alone, int that its fate must be regulated by For4igti Powers; and that the CoUnsellor. of State, itonpri. wbo had been sent some months since by the Court of Russia, was char4ed with every thing relative to that ohjed. The Wee% ilkhop jrnwv diatelysent oti a Courier to Conitantinople with this answen . . . HAME.YIIOII, JAN. 10.---The Royal Family of Pitissia, which is preparing to return to Konigsburgh, has hitherto lived at Memel with tire greatest eco; notny. The dinner of King has never consisted of more than three dishes, and the superb vessel I( massy gold, made at Augsburgh under the reign of FitaDELtioN. I. King of Prussia, is to. be sold, and the' money applied to the public necessities in the present 'circumstances of affairs.. - PETERSBCRGII, DEC. 2e.— . --They write form Mosi cow that several couriers have passed through that town, carrying to the Governors of tire Crimea aria tho Black Sea the most rigorous orders for tho seizure of; English' merchandize. ,We arc assvited that several French Orticers have arrived at - Abtra ilit , on the Caspian Sea. M. Le General Sivatiw has left his residence to return to Paris; SdHWERIN; JAN. 4.-0;,v: of our Gazettes " The Prisoner Who passed it lirough this place on the 28th of December, under an escort of French Gens D'Armes, is, fr , ;in what we cAli learn, M. TnObtAs, -,Secretary to the Regency at Stia;,;und. They accuse hitn of having endeavouredio bend a cask of money to the s‘'Vecies." PARIS,. s snip the Patriot,, of 74 guns,' Capt. ktionl‘t, ,which lent Chesipeake Bay ititb December, arrived in the Road' of of Aix - e the 4th ,of this month: Mr. MuNRO2, bassadoi. :rom the United States to England, keturned on the 14th. D6eetnber. The 'public - Papers an nounce that the Satiate and-the House of Represen tatives Were at that moment -assembled with closed doors. - They say, that the protoSitions made by I.:.ngland t for redressing the numerous grievances 44 the Uuite4.States, were of a nature which must htv, very badly, received.. Captain Kaonri experienced very bad weather in his short voyage. -He met; 400 Wag - nes from the land, the. English Ship the Prosperity, Capt. AN ,DAttso,. goiug,from Ireland to New-York, without rudder,, or masts; eleven days the 'sport of the waves, with bread only for tour clays, and without hopes of being preserved; the sea ran so high, II et ' ,whi n % but ILK: WAWA desire to save these unhappy men could have induced Capt. Knonst to have put out his :boat.- He happily Succeeded in saving the lives offorty-three men, who were reduced to de spair.: Official news from the Isle of France of the istof Ociober have been received by the Minister of Ma rine. In that Colony, as w ell as th at of 1.1.-wiion, every thing was in the best situation, 'and accGunz; the tnost satisfaCtory 'have been received of every 'part of the Administration. BARCELONA, JAN, LEONARD, AMeriCall Consul'. at this Port, has just communicated to t'ita Merdhants of this City letters which he had receiv(d from the Consul-General of the United States ;it There was no Court of Aldermen to-day ; but . Biers; apprizing him, tint some time h ince ;1 Awe- Bread was advanced• Id, per peck. rican Ships had' been detained by a Frigate belonging Yesterday was tnarried, at St. Margaret's Church, , to'that regency, in consequence of the United Suites Westminster, by the Rev, WILLIAM Qltoygs, not having, tor two years, sent the .warlike stares tot of Icing's North, in the County of Kent, Cants.' • (objets de guerre) tipon by the Treaty. The TOPHER RAWSON; Esq. eldest son 'of JOHN RAW-. Consul , Getn;ral had; ltOweVer, repeattlly offvrud SON, Esq. of Stonyroyd, in the County of York, to i their value in ready stoney. _ _ VEItAX. Leeds, Jan. eU, 1808. - . MARI ANN,. the voungebt diiughter of THOMAS The Ships seized were the'Eagle, of New York,. BuooKs, Esq. of -Great George -street, Westmin- Capt. SCHALNII, from Bristol to • Palermo, with a. stet. . cargo of oottlei ; the Brig Violet, of .14obton, Car; FIFTY PRIZES of tOOOl. and 5001. !!! in the pre- MoRET; from Oporto to Leghorn, uith a ladi ng sent Grand State Lottery, besides 3 'of 20,0001.-3 .siigar,,.bidei, indigo, &c. the Galliot Mary Ji nn ; .„( of 10,0001.-4 of'soool. &c. and Not Three Blanks N& w -York,. Capt. SituFFIELD, from Belleisie to it Prize. The. tickets and Shares are selling,in i Leghorn, with.a Ong:, of salt fish. The cotiSu;- great variety , q SWIFT and Co. N o . tl, P o ul tr y,- , General, however, at last,'settled ith and ttj, Charing-cross, who sold and.shared in the who received io money the annual cuntribution . , and last Lottery, No. 11,070, a Prize of 20,0001. t 5,078, released the Ships: a Prize of tOOOl. also, 184, a Prize of 10,0001. ; 589 y and t 7,G44, Prizes of 10001. each ;.` and Nos. ':.• A few evenings ago the dove cote of C lad e , Bg-to and 17637, prizes of 6001. in the preceding Brook, Esq. at Long Ditton, was robbed of ,ueariy Ltntery4 200 pigeons.